Be Evans

Vaping advocate. New Nicotine Alliance UK Chair.

[We Vape @WeVapeUK]

The UK Government wants to treat vaping like smoking, hiding it in shops and forcing it into plain packaging like cigarettes.

That risks increasing the number of smokers and reinforcing the false belief that vaping is as dangerous as smoking, when the evidence is clear: vaping is far less harmful.

Respond to the consultation today and say no:

[Heneage Mitchell @HeneageM]

"...many leading public health organizations maintain a prohibitionist stance when it comes to reduced-risk nicotine products like vapes and nicotine pouches"

#vaping #tobaccoharmreduction

https://t.co/9o7vx2IitL

[NNAlliance @NNAlliance]

On Friday, the UK government announced a consultation on vaping and other reduced risk nicotine products which contained some damaging ideas. We put forward some comments at our website. Do respond to the consultation here: https://t.co/mOLlGv0hWT

https://t.co/5Le3NX2kbt

[Planet of the Vapes @PVapes]

The New Nicotine Alliance, while welcoming some measures announced by the UK Government, warns that most of the proposals risk serious unintended consequences https://t.co/lybE66mcQz @NNAlliance #vape #vapingnews #smokefree #eliquid #plainpackaging

[EcigClick @EcigClick]

It’s been 12 months since disposable vapes were banned from legal UK sale. The first major one-year survey data is in and it tells a more nuanced story than either side of the argument predicted.

https://t.co/U9QUDxEAQO

[Global Forum on Nicotine @GFNicotine]

Banning alternatives to cigarettes doesn’t stop people from smoking. If you ban non-combustible options but keep traditional cigarettes legal, you aren't solving the problem. You're causing way more harm than good.

[Heneage Mitchell @HeneageM]

A plea from an advocate in Mongolia.
#tobaccoharmreduction #mongolia
https://t.co/CWO8CVJxso

[Clearing the Air @clearingthe_air]

Sweden has the lowest smoking rate in Europe. It also has among the lowest smoking-related death rates. The WHO/Bloomberg machine should be studying Sweden. Instead, as @zaruk writes, it is trying to beat it into submission. https://t.co/Gnk3tVPrKO

[Filter | harm reduction journalism @Filtermag_org]

“No disclosure about who is funding and organizing the campaign, but we can be pretty sure it isn’t the taxpayers of Palau with a population of 18k.”

Global nicotine scheduling would be a disaster, say harm reduction experts.

@KiranSidhu51 reports:
https://t.co/VYm5REQqpC

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

The tiny island of Palau is trying to have nicotine scheduled as a banned drug worldwide.

“The initiative may well be one of the most foolish in modern or even ancient history” says @ethannadelmann, founder of @DrugPolicyOrg

Great piece on this ludicrous idea by @KiranSidhu51

[Be Evans @BeEvans15]

@RoyalMail I live in Cardiff. Where's the other copy? I can't speak or read Welsh, so I've no idea what you're trying to tell me.

[Jukka Kelovuori @jkelovuori]

Now served with a community note.

[Heneage Mitchell @HeneageM]

Safer nicotine alternatives will replace combustible cigarettes: Alex Wodak

#SNP #smokefree #PMI @GFNicotine

https://t.co/KKrgvjyZti

[Global Forum on Nicotine @GFNicotine]

What happens when governments ban vapes and nicotine pouches? They don't stop use - they just hand a multi-billion dollar market to organized crime. At the #GFN26 panel hosted by @ReemAmirIbrahim, global experts expose why prohibition fails. Watch now on GFNTV! 👇
https://t.co/8nbwJUrxII

[Jukka Kelovuori @jkelovuori]

Retweeting this reply simply because @healthgovau doesn't want anyone seeing it and has thus decided to hide it.

[NNAlliance @NNAlliance]

Our European counterparts, @europethra, have submitted a response to the EU's call for evidence on tobacco products. They attached a comprehensive 21 page file, including 66 references, which describes why the EU proposals are wrong. You can read it at the link provided.

[NNAlliance @NNAlliance]

"Everyone needs to get ready, join or form consumer groups, and start getting busy.”

And fund us, please. Consumer groups cannot operate without your support. You will miss us when we are gone. Please check out our donate page: https://t.co/68OW8DHBdT

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[Jukka Kelovuori @jkelovuori]

Now served with a community note.

[Global Forum on Nicotine @GFNicotine]

Is Denying Vaping a Human Rights Violation?
It’s time to change how we talk about harm reduction.
Denying adults access to safer nicotine alternatives isn't just a manipulation of science - it’s a direct violation of human rights.

[NNAlliance @NNAlliance]

An article at @EcigClick asks if the upcoming ban on advertising noncombustible nicotine products will make it harder for smokers to find vaping. It is difficult to envisage any other result, in our opinion. https://t.co/AYBOqFZb67